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Verla Groundwood and Board Mill

Finland
Date of Inscription: 1996
Criteria: (iv)
Core zone: 22.778 ha
Buffer zone: 80.027 ha
Municipalities of Jaala and Valkeala, Region of Kymenlaakso, Province of Southern Finland
N61 03 43 E26 38 27
Ref: 751

Brief Description

The Verla groundwood and board mill and its associated residential area is an outstanding, remarkably well-preserved example of the small-scale rural industrial settlements associated with pulp, paper and board production that flourished in northern Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Only a handful of such settlements survive to the present day.

Justification for Inscription

The Committee decided to inscribe the nominated property on the basis of cultural criterion (iv) considering that the Groundwood and Board Mill and its associated habitation is an outstanding and remarkably well preserved example of the small-scale rural industrial settlement associated with pulp, paper, and board production that flourished in northern Europe and North America in the 19th and early 20th centuries, of which only a handful survives to the present day.

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